Sentences with phrase «few power over others»

It is instead of just another human institution with all the same tendencies as every other institution that is built by to give an elite few power over others for monetary gain.

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In the past few years, we've witnessed other handovers: Paul Desmarais's sons took over his $ 6.1 billion estate, which includes Power Corp., following his death in 2013 at age 86.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

As I noted in my previous post, our personal portfolios returned 9.5 % over the year, dragged down by losses in Loblaws (TSX: L, down 10 %), CGI Group (TSX: GIB.A, down 9 %), EPCOR Power (TSX: EP.UN, down 7.5 %) and a few other small - cap names.

Power - over serves to further empower a few and disempower others.»

In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

A lot of foreign managers have also arrived in England over the past few years and presence of high profile names such as Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte and Jurgen Klopp among others, serves as evidence to the attracting power of the Premier League.

But once you stop playing this particular game with her, you can go back and give Satter's book a more thorough read, and introduce other strategies (proper meal and snacktime spacing, optimizing her nutrition via the few foods she eats, chilling the eff out overall, etc.) that will make mealtimes more pleasant and less of a power struggle over... well, whatever thing your toddler has decided to turn into a power struggle this week.

She has a few powers in which she can levitate, use Heart Power, and Healing Power to aid herself or others in need.Since her debut, Peach has appeared in installments related to the Mario game series for over 20 years.

This inspection would go over tie rods, ball joints, wheel bearings, intermediate shaft, rack and pinion, power steering pump, and a few others.

At the other end of the Volkswagen Group's portfolio to the Chiron, 306bhp is the uprated power output of the facelifted Volkswagen Golf R. VW's mega hatch has had a few tweaks to tip its power output over the 300bhp mark and boost its torque by 15 lb ft to 280 lb ft, all of which helps make this the fastest Golf ever made.

Ophiuchus was one of the few Heaven Dwellers who was still concerned with mortals; he trembled, sparkling with the agony of his pent - up will to heal them, but was thwarted by the gods» other power over suffering.

As I noted in my previous post, our personal portfolios returned 9.5 % over the year, dragged down by losses in Loblaws (TSX: L, down 10 %), CGI Group (TSX: GIB.A, down 9 %), EPCOR Power (TSX: EP.UN, down 7.5 %) and a few other small - cap names.

Youtube, on the other hand, is very, very new, the vast influence of its many big personalities only truly coming to power over the past few years.

She has a few powers in which she can levitate, use Heart Power, and Healing Power to aid herself or others in need.Since her debut, Peach has appeared in installments related to the Mario game series for over 20 years.

It stands alongside other indie racing games like Drive Any Track, Power Drive 2000, and Road Redemption, which we have seen a resurgence of over the past few years.

Analysts expect wind power to take a breather next year in the U.S. after a record - setting 2001... But few think France, Italy or other countries newly won over to wind power will take up the slack from the coming slowdown in Spain, Germany and the U.S. Which puts the onus on the likes of Brazil, North Africa, India and Chinaóall which need new sources of electricity.

These are political questions that you have faced, but very few others are willing to see and understand statism and the power it has over people's minds.

And then, a few years after a critical mass of legal problem - solvers start using AI - powered legal tech and it blows everyone's minds for a while, ROSS or Casetext or some other AI - powered startup will take over Clio's booth on the TECHSHOW floor.

Both Binge On and Free Basics services offer a few providers such as Reliance, T - Mobile, and Facebook the power to choose preferential management over others.

Apple says that of these six CPU cores, three are high - performance and three are low - power, which actually resembles the configuring present in other ARM SoCs features in Android smartphones over the last few years.

In other words, when an iPhone's battery gets older, it becomes less capable of delivering enough power to the processor during peak performance times, and when that happens, it has to spread out the power requests over a few processor cycles.

Because Logitech partnered with Apple for the accessory, it's also the only third - party keyboard that's currently able to take advantage of the Smart Connector on the iPad Pro, meaning it doesn't need to connect to the iPad over Bluetooth or use its own power source.We went hands - on with Logitech's Create Keyboard case to see how it measures up to Apple's own hard - to - find Smart Keyboard and the few other iPad Pro third - party keyboards on the market.DesignLogitech designed the Create to transform the iPad Pro into a laptop clone, producing a keyboard that is close in design and feel to a traditional laptop

Your screen, on the other hand, can account for over 50 % of the battery use on your phone, and while I agree lighting up fewer pixels can save you a few drops of power, your goal should be to have as little of the screen lit up as short a time as possible, because nothing will save your battery more than getting the screen shut back off sooner.

The power center construction wave that hit other parts of the country over the past few years failed to materialize in Philadelphia.